On September 18th, 2019, the Africans and the Afro Latino community gathered at the Hostos Community College on Grand Concourse, Bronx NYC to celebrate the first annual African Heritage in the Bronx. Hosting the occasion is the Hostos Community College. The vent was sponsored in part by the office of the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. who went on to make a proclamation that declared the month of September as the African Heritage Month.